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The idea of people being removed from intensive care, unhooked from ventilators that might have saved them to make room for someone else more likely to survive is almost unfathomable, says the president and CEO of Canada’s largest university hospital.
“I believe we’ll fight that one as long as humanly possible, and I pray we never get to the point of having to consider that,” said Dr. Kevin Smith, head of Toronto’s University Health Network and co-chair of Ontario’s COVID-19 critical care table.
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TORONTO Two health networks in Toronto that were vaccinating people living in COVID-19 hot spots say supply shortages are forcing them to cancel appointments and close immunization clinics.
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Two health networks in Toronto that were vaccinating people living in COVID-19 hot spots say supply shortages are forcing them to cancel appointments and close immunization clinics.
Scarborough Health Network said it will be closing its Centennial College and Centenary hospital clinics on Wednesday until Monday, when a new shipment of vaccines is expected to arrive.
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“Scarborough continues to struggle with the incomprehensible disparity in vaccine distribution for Canada’s most diverse community and one of Ontario’s most severe hot spots,” said Maureen Adamson, the chair of the SNH board of directors in a statement.
Ontario has announced the first pop-up clinic that will be made available to vaccinate around 15,000 people aged 18-and-up over the next several weeks. The pop-up clinic is located in North Etobicoke at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, located near Finch Avenue, and will run in collaboration with BAPS Charities, Toronto Public Health, and the William […]
Publishing date: Apr 14, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 4 minute read • Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland participates in meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and virtually with United States President Joe Biden on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021. Photo by Adrian Wyld /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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For the first time since the pandemic began, Canada has passed a grim milestone, with more new COVID-19 cases per capita than the U.S.
There have been roughly 22 new recorded cases per 100,000 people in the country over the past seven days. Ontario is being hit the hardest with hospitals coming under increasing strain, especially in Toronto, the country’s largest city.